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About Leslie Yee
Leslie Yee
Our president, Leslie M. Yee, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., has many years experience in leading global health systems operations and cross-functional teams. Until 2009, he served for almost fifteen years as the chief medical officer for a multinational corporation with extensive manufacturing and R&D operations, over $80 billion of sales, and over 138,000 employees in over 80 countries. He is a creative thinker with many years contributing to internal and external work groups, including those with government policy-setting involvement.
Dr. Yee's specialized expertise includes
- Disaster Preparedness and Response management
that minimized casualties and business interruptions.
- His participation in aircraft crash investigations has provided him with the unique experience and knowledge to assist multinational corporations and other large organizations in their Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning. The recommendations of a F-15 jet fighter crash investigation in which he participated, were immediately implemented in all U.S. Air Force F-15 operations worldwide.
- Health & Performance Management that reduced health care costs and enhanced employee productivity, health, and wellness.
- International Health systems management, with assignments and business travel to over 30 countries, including 20 cities in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
- New Business Development in the Health & Wellness sector.
- Product Stewardship, including Risk Communication leadership, that prevented consumer/government misperceptions of product safety from driving decreased sales/profits, litigation, and regulatory restrictions.
- His participation in aircraft crash investigations has provided him with the unique experience and knowledge to assist multinational corporations and other large organizations in their Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning. The recommendations of a F-15 jet fighter crash investigation in which he participated, were immediately implemented in all U.S. Air Force F-15 operations worldwide.
- Health & Performance Management that reduced health care costs and enhanced employee productivity, health, and wellness.
- International Health systems management, with assignments and business travel to over 30 countries, including 20 cities in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
- New Business Development in the Health & Wellness sector.
- Product Stewardship, including Risk Communication leadership, that prevented consumer/government misperceptions of product safety from driving decreased sales/profits, litigation, and regulatory restrictions.
Details on Dr. Yee's background are described in a
2007 Physician Executive magazine article. He has supported Harvard Medical School and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as a course advisory board member and adjunct associate professor. He has professional publications, as well as made presentations at national and international conferences, in the following areas:
Asbestos Epidemiology
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopic Analysis
Aviation-related Decompression Sickness
Carbon Monoxide-induced Coma
Condensed Matter Physics (Mössbauer Effect)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Finance & Accounting for Health Care Operations
Genetic Markers in Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Health & Productivity Management, including Performance Enhancement for Organizations and Individuals
Health Care Cost Analysis and Management
Molecular Epidemiology
Organizational Design
Product Stewardship
Risk Communication
Sourcing of Company Medical Staffing
Dr. Yee also served for over ten years in the U.S. Air Force, providing medical support to F-15 fighter, SR-71 spyplane, pararescue, SCUBA, hyperbaric chamber, and other military operations in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.A., maintaining a TOP SECRET security clearance throughout his military career. His extensive training included qualification in the SR-71's full-pressure suit (derived from NASA's Gemini spacesuit). He concluded his military service on the faculty of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.